Westcliff hotel could be bulldozed and replaced with flats

11:40am Tuesday 26th February 2013 in News

How the flats might appear How the flats might appear

THE battle to redevelop a disused hotel is back on.

Sinclair Brown, who owns the Balmoral Hotel, in Valkyrie Road, Westcliff, wants permission to turn it into a block of 25 flats.

The plans are the fourth idea suggested for the building, which has been lying empty for two years.

A statement by ACS Design, which represents the hotel’s owner, Sinclair Brown, said the firm was hopeful it had now found an acceptable solution.

It said: “Planning permission is sought to find the best use for the property, which is currently vacant and, without an agreed use, will only deteriorate to the detriment of the whole area, particularly in view of the building’s prominent location in Valkyrie Road.”

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Cosmo Spring says...
12:02pm Tue 26 Feb 13

if it's disused better to get some use out of the plot rather than let it fall into rack and ruin

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David_Cameron says...
12:13pm Tue 26 Feb 13

Marvellous! More flats, means more poor people I can evict from London! Spiffing!

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DogsMessInLeigh says...
12:25pm Tue 26 Feb 13

as long as theres enough parking then i don't see what the problem is, its a fair sized road too....hope permission is granted this time round, put the place to good use.

Good luck Sinclair Brown.

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Nebs says...
12:49pm Tue 26 Feb 13

David_Cameron wrote:
Marvellous! More flats, means more poor people I can evict from London! Spiffing!
You better be quick David. The Prime Minister of Romania has a similar plan.

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Cosmo Spring says...
12:55pm Tue 26 Feb 13

Nebs wrote:
David_Cameron wrote:
Marvellous! More flats, means more poor people I can evict from London! Spiffing!
You better be quick David. The Prime Minister of Romania has a similar plan.
it's either that or pass 'em off as beef....

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smiffy1980 says...
1:38pm Tue 26 Feb 13

the area is a sh!thole and needs sorting out. I dont think new flats are the answer. Who would want to buy them in that area for starters??? Westcliff as a whole has gone too far down hill and needs more than a new block of flats to sort it out. Decent CCTV and Patrols would be a good start.

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Carnabackable says...
2:50pm Tue 26 Feb 13

Great Idea, good luck

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leighman says...
3:06pm Tue 26 Feb 13

It'd make a nice bail hostel.

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whateverhappened says...
3:31pm Tue 26 Feb 13

David_Cameron wrote:
Marvellous! More flats, means more poor people I can evict from London! Spiffing!
Poor people, have you not seen the cars in the picture, these are flats for porsche and aston martin drivers.....in valkyrie road ha..
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Any way these "poor" people cant be that badly off they ve been living in 400 pound per week houses most of their lives

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Cosmo Spring says...
4:20pm Tue 26 Feb 13

maybe they could flatten it and let those travellers from Hockley plot up there

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essexlad70 says...
5:35pm Tue 26 Feb 13

Mr Sinclair Brown doesn't have a great record in business though

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stopmoaning1 says...
6:31pm Tue 26 Feb 13

whateverhappened wrote:
David_Cameron wrote:
Marvellous! More flats, means more poor people I can evict from London! Spiffing!
Poor people, have you not seen the cars in the picture, these are flats for porsche and aston martin drivers.....in valkyrie road ha..
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Any way these "poor" people cant be that badly off they ve been living in 400 pound per week houses most of their lives
I was going to say something similar about the cars and the developers vision. They obviously doesn't know where Valkyrie Road is!

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Shoebury_Cyclist says...
8:25am Wed 27 Feb 13

Just make sure the planning application includes adequate parking for the amount of flats and possible number of residents, and introduce restricted parking in the street out front.

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Thekingofsouthend says...
9:30am Wed 27 Feb 13

Shoebury_Cyclist wrote:
Just make sure the planning application includes adequate parking for the amount of flats and possible number of residents, and introduce restricted parking in the street out front.
They will definitely make sure, just to keep you happy, they better make sure it has a bike rack as well. Most flats lazy cyclists leave them in the hallway, its an utter disgrace in this day and age!!

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Shoebury_Cyclist says...
11:42am Wed 27 Feb 13

Thekingofsouthend wrote:
Shoebury_Cyclist wrote:
Just make sure the planning application includes adequate parking for the amount of flats and possible number of residents, and introduce restricted parking in the street out front.
They will definitely make sure, just to keep you happy, they better make sure it has a bike rack as well. Most flats lazy cyclists leave them in the hallway, its an utter disgrace in this day and age!!
The alternative is more of this:

http://bit.ly/Wh8gxc

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